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(No Model.) Q H' KILMER,

BILL PILE.

No. 493,433l PatentedM-ar. .14, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. KILMER, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

BILL-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,433, dated March14, 1893.

Application tiled January 13, 1893. Serial No. 458,252. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. KILMER, of Elmira, in the county ofChemung, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Bill-Files, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the aecompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to racks or devices for filing bills, letters ormemoranda of any kind desired.

My object is to produce an easy and convenient means for filing bills ormemoranda temporarily which may be readily and easily removed; cheap inits construction and of great utility.

My invention consists in the several novel features of constructionhereinafter described and which are specifically set forth in the claimhereunto annexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is an isometricalelevation of a rack complete, ready for use and showin g one of the armsholding a memorandum. Fig. 2, is an end view of my device showing one ofthe arms raised, in dotted lines. Figs. 3 and 4 show sections of thecentral shaft upon which the spring arms are mounted.

A, is the base of any form or material desired and upon it is mountedthe shaft -1- supported by brackets -2- or in any other common and wellknown manner. Above this shaft -1- is a centrally slotted bar -2-extending parallel therewith and is supported above said shaft by thesupports 3.

4, are spring arms mounted upon said shaft and having their free endsextending outwardly and downwardly to engage with the base -A-, beingwound about said shaft and passing up into the groove -ain the bar -2-.I do not confine myself to this groove 0.- as it may simply have anopening of sufficient size to insert the upwardly extending end of thearm -4. It will, therefore, be seen that by winding the wire centrallyabout the shaft -land allowing its upper end to pass into the openingprepared for it in the bar -2- and its lower end to come in contact withthe base -A, a tension will be produced or a spring arm will beconstructed with suicient tension to hold papers between its free endand the upper face of the base.

What 'I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a bill file, the combination with the base and the shaft mountedthereon, of a bar mounted over said shaft and extending substantiallyparallel therewith and provided With openings in its lower face, and thespring arms constructed of wires Wound around the aforesaid shaft andhaving their upper ends engaging with said bar and their lower ends bentdownwardly to engage with the base, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of January,1893 CHARLES I-I. KILMER.

In presence of KATE SCEORNSTHEIMER, FRED. SOHORNSTHEIMER.

